Robert J. Mawhinney (October 1, 1859 — November 18, 1954) was an attorney who served as the last Solicitor of the United States Treasury.

Biography

Robert James Mawhinney was born in

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, on October 1, 1859. In the early 1880s Mawhinney settled in

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and began a career in government as a telegraph operator and clerk in the

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. Mawhinney graduated from National University now (

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) with bachelor's and master's degrees in law and was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar, afterwards joining the office of the Solicitor of the Treasury. From 1921 to 1926 Mawhinney served as Assistant Solicitor, and he served as Solicitor from 1926 until the position was abolished in 1932. In addition to his legal career, Mawhinney was also an author, and his published works included ''Digest of Opinions of the Solicitor of the Treasury'' and ''Laws of the United States Including Money, Banking and Loans''. Mawhinney died in

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, on November 18, 1954.Newspaper article, Ex-Official Dies, by Associated Press, published in Hagerstown Morning Herald, November 19, 1954

References

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